[Info-vax] OT: Rob Short: Operating System Evolution

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In article <DdWdnboFgKI-i9nWnZ2dnUVZ_gCdnZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
>Bob Koehler wrote:
>> In article <oe6dnbsExJlqqtzWnZ2dnUVZ_uCdnZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
>>> I wouldn't expect ANY word processor to be a huge success on VMS.  It's 
>>> damned difficult to run a WYSIWYG processor on a system that natively 
>>> can output only ASCII text.  You can run it on a workstation but I think 
>>> it's a great deal cheaper to run it on a PC.
>> 
>>    Why in the world do you think VMS "can output only ASCII text"?  I've
>>    been using other data formats on VMS since 1980.
>> 
>
>Which tools in VMS (not layered products) output selectable fonts and 
>selectable type sizes?  I can do a lot with TeX and LaTeX but that's not 
>native VMS.

$ CONVERT/DOCUMENT ASCII.TXT/FORMAT=TEXT POSTSCRIPT.PS/FORMAT=PS

This argument has nothing to do with the OS; it has all to do with the
text processing apps.

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